Summary Of The Ruling That Changed America By Juan Williams

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Background The author, Juan Williams, is a very acclaimed journalist and news anchor. He has previously worked for the New York Times, NPR, and The Washington Post; he now works for Fox News as a Political Analyst. Growing up Williams moved from Panama to the United States at the age of four. Williams attended public school for many years and later went on to get his bachelor of arts degree in philosophy. Williams got his fame for writing a piece about defending the Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Williams has also gotten many awards for his writing, but has also gotten an emmy for one of his documentaries. One thing I would like to know is if growing up Williams faced hardship at the public schools? Is this why he wrote many pieces on Civil Rights or does he find the …show more content…
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“At a distance from the volcanic heat of May 17,1954, the real impact of the legal, political, and cultural eruption that changed America is not exactly what it first appeared to be” (1). Meaning the Brown v Board court case sparked a lot of the Civil Rights movements that happened more than a decade later.
The article “The Ruling That Changed America” gives three main examples of the impact of the court case of Brown v Board. The first topic, “Slow Progress, Backward Steps” shows how the Brown v Board court case made some schools shut down or took awhile for students to be integrated. Ten years after Brown some schools were still not integrated while many even shut down. The Little Rock Nine incident was the first major school integration; 101st Airborne had to lead the nine black students into school for safety purposes. Fifty years after Brown schools are still segregated in a way. Today most most blacks or
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